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KateDevine
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Driving alone with a toddler...
on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving which option would you take
1. Leave around 11-12 in the morning after DH goes to bed (he works nights)
2. Leave around 9.30-10pm after DH leaves for work.
I've done most of this trip by myself before (here to South Jersey, we are going to Maryland) but for some reason the day is daunting...
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Posted 11/18/09 3:28 PM  |
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
i would leave in the morning. in Long Island - they tend to do a lot of construction during the evening hours - so you may hit a lot of closed roads!
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:30 PM |
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CkGm
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would SO prefer the kids to be sleeping when I drive. My SIL makes this drive a lot and she always leaves at night.
Have a safe trip for you and Christopher! Isn't you hubby spending the holiday with you guys? Or does he have to work?
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:30 PM |
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headoverheels
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would do the afternoon trip. I am just thinking with a toddler, it might be hard to get them to go back to sleep if you go at night. But only you know C3 best - will he transfer from the car to the bed when you get there? How will he be during the car ride? Do you have a portable DVD player?
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:30 PM |
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Salason
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
i'd prob do the later drive only because DS may sleep and i think traffic may be a *little* better. i remember driving home from college in DE that weds afternoon and it was always STAND STILL!
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:31 PM |
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CaMacho
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I do the morning/afternoon drive. I know i'd be so tired an hour into that night drive and I don't like driving when i'm sleepy.
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:32 PM |
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
morning. the night before thanksgiving everyone has the same idea as you ---- if we just leave at 9:30 they'll be no traffic --- NOT, LOL. Go early so that you have a good rest the night before Turkeytime. ETA: I would leave 9:30-10:00 am though otherwise you can hit early dissmals from work in the Maryland area..
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:35 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Posted by CkGm
I would SO prefer the kids to be sleeping when I drive. My SIL makes this drive a lot and she always leaves at night.
Have a safe trip for you and Christopher! Isn't you hubby spending the holiday with you guys? Or does he have to work?
Thanks Christine
No, he has to work Christopher and I are going to my SIL's alone.
Chris will have Maggie and another nice doggie visitor to keep him company
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:35 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Posted by headoverheels
I would do the afternoon trip. I am just thinking with a toddler, it might be hard to get them to go back to sleep if you go at night. But only you know C3 best - will he transfer from the car to the bed when you get there? How will he be during the car ride? Do you have a portable DVD player?
He is pretty good in the car.
No DVD player
Oddly enough, he may sleep in the afternoon (he naps) but not at night, last year we left like 7pm and hit a ton of traffic and got htere at midnight and he was awake..
Ugh. I'm so torn
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:40 PM |
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FranB
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would probably go during the day. I would feed him something and leave an hour before he would nap. This way he isn't hungry and may get tired in the car and nap for like 2 hours of the ride!!!
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:43 PM |
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tann22
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would definitely do the morning. Like a previous poster said, I get too sleepy at night to do a drive like that.
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:53 PM |
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dani731
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would leave at the earlier time also.
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| Posted 11/18/09 3:58 PM |
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karacg
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I think you should go to Seaford in the morning, back home, and then leave at night.  
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| Posted 11/18/09 4:27 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Posted by karacg
I think you should go to Seaford in the morning, back home, and then leave at night.
I thought you were leaving Tuesday?
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| Posted 11/18/09 4:29 PM |
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karacg
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by karacg
I think you should go to Seaford in the morning, back home, and then leave at night.
I thought you were leaving Tuesday?
Oh yeah.....never mind.
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| Posted 11/18/09 4:45 PM |
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08BabySurprise
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Feel free to drive a little bit more south into VA for a get together if you want
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| Posted 11/18/09 4:58 PM |
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trnity44
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I would drive when DD is sleeping.
I also feel like alot of people are going to be travelling that day, during the day, so that would also be a factor that I would consider.
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| Posted 11/18/09 5:00 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
Posted by 08BabySurprise
Feel free to drive a little bit more south into VA for a get together if you want
Actually, I might be..
Where are you?
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| Posted 11/18/09 5:02 PM |
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Celt
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
I'd leave in the morning. Let Daddy rest, and you can beat a little of the holiday traffic. C will be cool in the car, I bet he will nap too. I just hate driving that late at night, God forbid I got a flat or something, and if there's any "weather" FORGET IT.
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| Posted 11/18/09 5:02 PM |
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Tine73
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
As long as you are ok with driving in the dark, I would leave at night.
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| Posted 11/18/09 5:04 PM |
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Reese1106
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Re: Driving alone with a toddler...
It depends - are you more of a morning person or a night person? I get tired easily at night these days so I would do the morning drive. My boys tend to fall asleep in the car, day or night. Do whichever option is safest for you and C3. 
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| Posted 11/18/09 5:07 PM |
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